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Online Voting in UTLA? - Future Is Now

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Online Voting for UTLA? Posted by Amy Leserman. December 19, 2013. Teachers think of voting as a powerful civil rights issue. Yet less than 20%. Of teachers union members voted in the last officer elections for United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA). Many members feel disenfranchised and discouraged from becoming involved, and opportunities for participation are often undemocratic, chaotic, and cumbersome. UTLA Meetings Chaotic and Disorganized. Typically, we received a list of 135 agenda items without adequ...

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10 million grant boosts California teacher training in math, science. Posted by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez. Middot; July 11, 2016 5:56 PM. California State University officials announced on Monday they’d won a $10 million grant from the S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation to train current and future teachers on new math and science standards. 10 million grant boosts California teacher training in math, science. The Importance of Learning from Other Teacher Leaders. Posted by Ellyn Metcalf. Middot; May 07, 2016 10:19 AM.

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Movies | Lawrence Wright

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My Trip to Al-Qaeda. Noriega: God’s Favorite. My Trip to Al-Qaeda. Written and performed by Lawrence Wright, directed by Alex Gibney (2010). Premiered on HBO in September 2010 ». From the Tribeca Film Festival Program Notes. Academy Award winner Alex Gibney. Taxi to the Dark Side. Collaborates with Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright to bring Wrights titular one-man play to the screen. Wright made waves in 2006 with his best-selling book,. September 13, 2010). September 13, 2010) VIDEO. August 31, 2010).

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Chinese Painting: A Brief Overview

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The Mozhai Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit institution established in 2013 by the family of Jung Ying Tsao (1929-2011), a scholar, collector, and connoisseur of Chinese art. Chinese Painting: A Brief Overview. By Jung Ying Tsao. Adapted from Tsao, Jung Ying, Chinese Paintings of the Middle Qing Dynasty. San Francisco: San Francisco Graphic Society, in association with the University of Washington Press, 1987. Gu Dadian (ca. 1545-1595). The aim of Chinese art has never been simply to copy th...

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About The Mozhai Foundation

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The Mozhai Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit institution established in 2013 by the family of Jung Ying Tsao (1929-2011), a scholar, collector, and connoisseur of Chinese art. About The Mozhai Foundation. The Mozhai Foundation will also consider making grants for support of educational programs or other activities for the public benefit which are unrelated, or not strictly related, to Chinese art and culture, provided that such grants shall be made to other qualified nonprofit organizations.

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Books | Lawrence Wright

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Thirteen Days in September: The Dramatic Story of the Struggle for Peace. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief. The Looming Tower : Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. Noriega: God’s Favorite [Novel]. Twins: And What They Tell Us About Who We Are. In the New World: Growing Up in America, 1964-1984. City Children, Country Summer: A Story of Ghetto Children Among the Amish. Wright is the author of eight books, including. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. Ldquo;Exceedingl...

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Books | Scott Korb

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Life in Year One. The Faith Between Us. The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers: 2 Vols. Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy. 2013 Scott Korb Site by Restless Bee.

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Teacher Action: Organizing Teachers to Create a Pilot School - Future Is Now

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Organizing Teachers to Create a Pilot School. Los Angeles teacher Meteka Bullard. And her colleagues want to lift the ceiling on innovation at Baldwin Hills Elementary by converting to an LAUSD Pilot School. It’s tragic when we fail to put the best teachers in front of the kids who need them most. But it turns out even great teachers struggle when the school environment is holding them back. A Great School Faces a Challenge. Frequently, once this frustration sets in, even the best teachers will decide to...

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Teacher Action: How Do We Measure Non-Academic Skills? - Future Is Now

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How Do We Measure Non-Academic Skills? Los Angeles teacher Kyle Hunsberger. Brainstorming about his action. Started teaching, he just wanted to share his love of math with young people. But now he also wonders how teachers can have even more impact in the classroom. A lot of the research coming out lately has shown the importance of non-academic skills. For measuring these abilities. So Kyle took matters into his own hands. Working as a School to Develop a Tool. Kyle is looking to track that data as well...